UCT proxy's 300MB/month quota lame! Can I bypass & P2P with unchecked FTP slots??

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I am in res at UCT - 300MB / month quota on my connection - and working with some large audio recording project files with an office in London. We send large files back and forth to complete masters on band recordings etc etc. I need a new method because as a student its costing a fortune to use HDSPA data bundles on my Samsung U700.

Can I use FlashFXP or another FTP client to make the London PC an FTP server and send it torrent files to download quickly and subsequently use my room's connection to download them via FTP slots at a slower speed naturally some of which are uncapped on the UCT proxy?. Also can anyone recommend a good ftp port scanner that could help me locate some unchecked or free FTP slots?
 
with the correct tunneling app/protocol(SSL3.0) speeds should increase quite a bit

good luck ;-
 
Take it up with the IT department and specify the exact sites + content you need access to. If you can state you case properly and the bandwidth is study-related, they might give you larger limits, or unmetered access to the London office.
 
fantomcaption said:
I am in res at UCT - 300MB / month quota on my connection - and working with some large audio recording project files with an office in London. We send large files back and forth to complete masters on band recordings etc etc. I need a new method because as a student its costing a fortune to use HDSPA data bundles on my Samsung U700.

Can I use FlashFXP or another FTP client to make the London PC an FTP server and send it torrent files to download quickly and subsequently use my room's connection to download them via FTP slots at a slower speed naturally some of which are uncapped on the UCT proxy?. Also can anyone recommend a good ftp port scanner that could help me locate some unchecked or free FTP slots?
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You could always get a hosting account at MegaUpload or RapidShare
and upload/download from them via HTTP.

Maybe consider buying an iBurst modem from one of the
people on the iBurst forum - who say they are selling them-
and get a month 2 month contract via TradePage or Mweb.
I'm sure you can get a much higher cap than HSDPA
for the price. You can't do torrents on iburst though
unless you use a torrent2http gateway. iBurst is also
nice in that once you're capped on the >1GB packages
you still have unlimited 64kbps speed.


BTW 300MB/month is pathetic. In 1995 I had uncapped internet
access at Stellenbosch (Med School). It was fun :).
Now we hit 2008 and 300MB! OMW!
 
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hyperian said:
I'm doing a post grad at uct, and they wont even allow us extra bandwidth so that we can partake in web-conferences etc :(
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Thats just not cool. UCT have the bandwidth since they used to give it all away when I was there.
 
nic777 said:
Thats just not cool. UCT have the bandwidth since they used to give it all away when I was there.
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They are saving on the costs. Still Telscum should be providing them
with discounted b/w - at least on a non-profit basis.
 
fantomcaption said:
I am in res at UCT - 300MB / month quota on my connection - and working with some large audio recording project files with an office in London. We send large files back and forth to complete masters on band recordings etc etc. I need a new method because as a student its costing a fortune to use HDSPA data bundles on my Samsung U700.

Can I use FlashFXP or another FTP client to make the London PC an FTP server and send it torrent files to download quickly and subsequently use my room's connection to download them via FTP slots at a slower speed naturally some of which are uncapped on the UCT proxy?. Also can anyone recommend a good ftp port scanner that could help me locate some unchecked or free FTP slots?
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Thought I might point out that if you are a masters student (you say working to complete masters on band recordings etc) you do not get a quota when on campus, only on the res. Send the files from campus.
 
Are you serious? At UWC we have no limit to our usage, but the ports for unnecessary stuff such as p2p are blocked, but if really needed we can request for it to be opened.
 
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